A core aspect of a healthy conversation is the development of a relationship of trust between your news organization and your community of users. Even those users who may greatly disagree with the news and opinions you disseminate should trust your efforts to act professionally, respectfully and in line with highest journalistic and ethical standards.

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As part of the registration process, it is advisable to ask users to read and accept two documents: The Terms of Use includes all relevant information about how your news organization will store and use any information that users give you as part of their interaction with your website. Make sure you provide sufficient guarantees that [...

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It is good practice to ask users to register in order to be able to comment. This requirement is important not only in view of the legal liabilities highlighted in this section, but also as an initial hurdle to dissuade aggressors and machine-operated accounts.

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